Meaning & use
over-packaged products
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Meaning
nounpluraldisapproving
Goods sold with more packaging than is needed to protect or present them.
Grammar: Always plural in this form; use 'an over-packaged product' for one item.
Patterns
- buy over-packaged products
- avoid over-packaged products
- reduce over-packaged products
Many shoppers try to avoid over-packaged products to reduce waste.
The supermarket was criticized for selling over-packaged products like bananas wrapped in plastic.
Over-packaged products often cost more because of the extra materials.
Word forms
| singular | over-packaged product |
|---|
Common combinations
- avoid over-packaged products
- Consumers are increasingly avoiding over-packaged products.
- reduce over-packaged products
- The company promised to reduce over-packaged products by 50%.
- over-packaged products on shelves
- Over-packaged products on shelves contribute to plastic pollution.
- a range of over-packaged products
- The store offers a range of over-packaged products despite customer complaints.
Synonyms and how they differ
- excessively packaged goods
- A more formal phrase with the same meaning.
Opposites
Word family
- over-package verb
- To wrap a product in more packaging than necessary.
- over-packaging noun
- The excessive use of packaging materials.
- packaging noun
- The materials used to wrap or protect goods.
Practice
Environmental groups are urging supermarkets to stop selling ______ .
Choose one answer.
We need a plural noun phrase to refer to many items, so 'over-packaged products' is correct. 'Over-packaged product' is singular, 'over-packaging products' is not a standard phrase, and 'over-package products' is a verb phrase that would need a different structure.
Make it your own
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